Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!vuwcomp!rata.vuw.ac.nz!alex
From: alex@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Alex Heatley)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Unix Based MSDOS Servers
Message-ID: <14456@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: 16 Jan 89 20:49:43 GMT
Sender: news@comp.vuw.ac.nz
Reply-To: alex@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Alex Heatley)
Organization: Computing Serv. Ctr, Victoria Uni., Wellington, New Zealand
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Hi, I realise that this may not be the most appropriate group, but you'll
probably better understand what I want better than some of the other groups. 

What I'm looking for is an MS-DOS equivalent to the AppleShare/CAP/K-box
system. Just as CAP allows the setting up of volumes on a UNIX box I want to
set up MS-DOS volumes on a UNIX box. 

Ideally such a system should be:

1. Transparent to the user. Extra volumes appear as extra drives.
2. Permit execute only privilege on software (so that students can run
   Lotus 1-2-3 without being able to pirate it.
3. Cheap.
4. Run over Ethernet (there is no point in using the appletalk boards, when
   for a few extra dollars, Ethernet can be used).
5. Modifiable for local conditions (e.g source would be nice).

At the moment we are running 3-com servers, but they are a pain to set up, use
and backup. It would be much better to use UNIX boxes as servers as the
environment is not so "black box" (especially if we can acquire source code).

Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks for your time.
Alex Heatley                                Computing Services Centre
Domain: alex@rata.vuw.ac.nz                 Victoria University of Wellington
Path: ...!uunet!vuwcomp!rata!alex           P.O Box 600, New Zealand.
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